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02/27/2024
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The San Benito County District 5 supervisor seat is in contention for the March 5 election in a race between incumbent Bea Gonzales and challenger Ignacio Velazquez.

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02/07/2024
Incumbent Bea Gonzales and challenger Ignacio Velazquez are running in the District 5 seat, which covers north county between Hwy 25 and Hwy 156, the Hollister Municipal Airport and downtown Hollister.

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12/21/2023
A group of county residents challenged former Hollister mayor Ignacio Velazquez’s candidacy for the San Benito County Board of Supervisors, but Registrar of Voters Francisco Diaz affirms his eligibility to run.

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11/09/2022
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If the early results hold up, Hollister will have a new mayor for the first time in more than a decade. As of Nov. 9, Mia Casey is leading the race for mayor of Hollister with about 59% of the vote.

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09/29/2022
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In the City of Hollister, voters will elect their mayor and two city council members—in Districts 2 and 3.

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07/27/2021
The voters who have been trying to recall Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez have abandoned the initiative. Instead, the mayor’s opponents will focus on finding a candidate to run against Velazquez in 2022.

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07/18/2021
A group of local residents have passed the first hurdle in their campaign to recall Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez. They need verified signatures from at least 4,390 voters in Hollister to get a recall vote on the ballot.

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07/04/2021
A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit, filed by Irma Gonzalez and Elia Salinas, that accused two Hollister city officials of harassment and cyber-bullying. The judge’s July 1 order also requires the plaintiff to pay the defendants’ legal fees. The court gave the plaintiffs 90 days to file an amended complaint to keep the lawsuit alive.

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06/30/2021
An overhaul of a Hollister ordinance that took effect June 30 could allow the mayor to order the sergeant-at-arms to arrest and jail not only members of the public who might disrupt a meeting, but a fellow councilmember as well.

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05/23/2021
“Legally, I cannot walk them through the process,” City Clerk Christine Black said of the paperwork submitted by a group of residents seeking to kick off a recall of Hollister’s mayor. “I’ve urged them over and over to hire an elections attorney.”

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05/02/2021
The recall would take place about five months before Ignacio Velasquez’s mayoral seat would be up for grabs anyway. Velasquez says it’s driven by opponents who “have been harassing me for years about my vision of slow growth.”
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